This set of the following Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) focuses on the Cloud Computing Architecture.

 1) Cloud computing architecture is a combination of?

1. service-oriented architecture and grid computing
2. Utility computing and event-driven architecture.
3. Service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.
4. Virtualization and event-driven architecture.

 

Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud computing architecture is a combination of service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.

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2) In how many parts we can broadly divide the architecture of the Cloud?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 5

 

Answer: C

Explanation: The architecture of the Cloud can broadly be divided into two main parts that are Back-end and Front-end.

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3) Which one of the following refers to the user's part of the Cloud Computing system?

1. back End
2. Management
3. Infrastructure
4. Front End

 

Answer: D

Explanation: It is the front-end that refers to the user's part of the cloud computing system. It includes many applications and interfaces that are required to access or use the cloud computing platform.

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4) Which one of the following can be considered as the example of the Front-end?

1. Web Browser
2. Google Compute Engine
3. Cisco Metapod
4. Amazon Web Services

 

Answer: A

Explanation: From the following given options, we can consider the Web-browser as the perfect example of the Front-end.

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25) By whom is the backend commonly used?

1. Client
2. User
3. Stockholders
4. service provider

 

Answer: D

Explanation: It is commonly used by the service provider in order to manage all resources required to provide the Cloud Computing Services.

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6) Through which, the backend and front-end are connected with each other?

1. Browser
2. Database
3. Network
4. Both A and B

 

Answer: C

Explanation: Typically using an internet connection, both the front and back end are connected to the others through a network.

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7) How many types of services are there those are offered by the Cloud Computing to the users?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 3
4. 5

 

Answer: C

Explanation: Usually, Cloud Computing offers three types of services to the users that are Platform as a service (or PaaS), Application as a service (or AssS), and Software as a service (or SaaS).

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8) The Foce.com and windows Azure are examples of which of the following?

1. IaaS
2. PaaS
3. SaaS
4. Both A and B

 

Answer: B

Explanation: Both Force.com and Windows Azure are examples of the Platform as a service

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9) Which of the following is one of the backend's built-in components of cloud computing?

1. Security
2. Application
3. Storage
4. Service

 

Answer: A

Explanation: Security is one of the back-end's built-in components of cloud computing.

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10) Which of the following provides the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interaction with the cloud?

1. Client
2. Client Infrastructure
3. Application
4. Server

 

Answer: B

Explanation: The Client Infrastructure is one of the front-end components that provide the way of communication in the form of a Graphic User Interface to communicate with the Cloud.